Re. SC - camp ovens

[Magdalena]

Steve Brooks commented: 
> The rule is
> 
> Every year that is divisible by 4 is a leap year...(eg 2004, 2008)
> except where
> Every year that is divisible by 100 is not a leap year (eg 2100,2200)
> unless
> Every year that is divisible by 400 is a leap year (eg 2000,2400)
> 
> A lot of software got this wrong, some programmers knew the first rule, a
> few new both rule one and two and even less knew about rule 3.  So you hope
> that the programmer was either very good or very bad, Microsoft programmers
> are obviously mediocre and hence the problem.

Either that, or possibly it was a strategic decision. Afterall, this error
did force folks to buy a new copy of the software. I didn't see Microsoft,
as far as I remember, offering a free fix for the problems in Excel.

Frankly, when looking for software I buy it elsewhere before I resort 
to Microsoft, but less and less alternatives seem to be there.
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